Radovan Pankov

Radovan Pankov is the sort of player who rarely makes highlight reels but quietly holds a back line together. A Serbian defender born in 1995 in Novi Sad, he stands 185 cm and anchors the rearguard for Persija Jakarta after years with Polish giants Legia Warsaw. I have a soft spot for center-backs precisely because their craft is invisible when done well, all about erasing danger rather than chasing applause. Serbia has a long tradition of producing tough, intelligent defenders, and surviving across Eastern European football and on to Indonesia is no small feat. Players like Pankov are the unglamorous backbone every serious team needs, and worth remembering.

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Name (English)

Radovan Pankov

Name (Japanese)

ラドヴァン・パンコヴ

Reading

らどゔぁん・ぱんこゔ

Born

August 5, 1995 (age 31)

Origin

Novi Sad, Serbia

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Boar

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovan%20Pankov%20(footballer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%89%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16935153

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.